Automatic water conveyer or carrier



Oct. 27, 1931. s. 1.. ADAMS ET AL. 1,829,625

AUTOMATIC WATER CONVEYER OR CARRIER Filed 01%. e, 1930 s Sheets-Sheet 1 .Oct. 27, 1931. s. 1.. ADAMS ET AL AUTOIATIC WATER CONVEYER 0R CARRIER Filed Dec. 6, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 58 mm a d Oct. 27, 1931. s. L. ADAMS ET AL 1,829,625

AUTOMATIC WATER CONVEYER 0R CARRIER Filed Dec. 6, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented @ch 27, 193i u arse srarss TPATENT OFFICE SALIUEL L. ADAMS AND DANIEL B. ADAIVIS, OF PICKE-NS, SOUTH CAROLINA AUTOIVIATIG WATER CONVEYER 0R CARRIER Application filed December 6, 1930.

This invention relates to water carriers and lifters and particularly to means whereby a carrier may be filled at one point, shifted to a distance, emptied and then returned for refilling.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an automatically and continuously actuated water transporting mechanism by which a pail may be dipped into a trough or pool of water, carried to a discharge position, tilted to discharge its contents and then returned, refilled, again discharged and so on continuously so long as the actuating mechanism is running.

A further object is to provide such a mechanism which is actuated by the power of a running stream of water.

A further object is to provide for this purpose two water wheels having relatively reversed buckets or blades and provide means acting automatically at intervals to direct the stream alternately against one wheel and then against the other, said wheels being operatively connected to a winding drum on which is wound a cable connected to the bucket carrier.

Other objects have to do with the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will appear more fully hereinafter.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein V Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a water conveying apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention, the upper portion of the figure being in side elevation and the winding drum driving mechanism being in plan;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary cross section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a detailed View of the ring through which the cable passes;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the water wheels and through the drum;

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the drum;

Figure 6 is a cross section through the drum showing the way in which the cable is attached thereto;

Figure 7 is a top plan view of the water wheel chutes with the gate in a medial position but moving toward the left;

Serial No. 500,656.

Figure 8 is a like view to Figure 7 but show ing the gate in a position to deflect the water into the right hand chute;

Figure 9 is a sectional view through one 0:: the chutes and a portion of one of the water wheels on line 99 of Fig. 7

Figure 10 is a like view to Figure 9 but showing the other water wheel and chute, and is a section on line lO-l0 of Fig. 8.

Referring to these figures, 1O designates a receptacle into which water is to be dis charged and 11 upwardly extending posts on each side of the receptacle.

Between these posts a supporting wire 12 is mounted, this wire being inclined downward from a point above the receptacle 10 to a point above a pool of water designated gen erally 13, which water may be in an ordinary pool, a spring or a trough. For convenience, we have illustrated the pool of water as be ing contained within a trough 14-. Extending between the posts 11 and above the wire 12 is a transverse rod 15. Operating upon the wire 12 is a carriage l6 having grooved wheels 17 engaging the wire and running thereon and supported from this carriage is a link which swingingly engages the hail of a bucket 18 or other equivalent receptacle. At the bottom of this bucket, there is attached a cord 19 extending upward to an eye on a pivoted arm 20. This arm is pivoted at 21 on the carriage and has an angularly extending arm 22. \Vhen the arm 20 is lowered, the arm 22 is raised and the bucket is swung downward. lVhen the arm 22 is depressed, the rear end of the bucket is raised. The bucket is provided with weights 18a at its mouth. The purpose of the mechanism now to be described is to intermittently haul the carriage rearward, that is, upward toward the discharge point and automatically tilt the bucket to discharge its contents into the receptacle 10 and then automatically allow the carriage to roll down the wire or track 12 with the bucket in the position shown in dotted lines, as in Figure l and allow the bucket to fill and then when the bucket is filled, retract the carriage to its discharge position. As the bucket moves toward its discharge position, the arm 22 will strike against the transverse rod 15. Thus as the carriage moves rearward, causing the rock ing of the rod and the lifting of the rear end of the bucket to discharge its contents into the receptacle 10.

For the purpose of causing the movement of the carriage in opposite directions upon the wire or track 12, I provide a drum 23 mounted upon a shaft 24. Attached to this drum is one end'of a cable 25. When the bucket has been lowered to its iilling position, all of the cable 25 has been drawn off of the drum 23 as shown in Figure 6 and then upon a further movement of the drum in the same direction,

tending partition and these chutes at their .ingly mounted upon the rear extremity of the the cable will be wound again upon the drum so as'to draw the carriage upward to its discharge position. I

Mounted upon the shaft 24 are two water wheels 26 and 27 having reverse blades or buckets. Discharging water upon these water wheels respectivelyare the two chutes28 and 29. These chutes are separated from each other by the intermediate longitudinally exinlet ends 0 en into a sin le chute 31. Swin C b partition'30 is a gate 32 adapted when fully swung in either direction to close one'chute or the other of the chutes 28- and 29. Thus when it is fully thrown to the right in Figure in Figure 8.

I this gate, we provide a transversely extending screw 33 mounted in suitable bear1ngs34,th1s

a band 39 illustrated as a cable. Any'other For the purpose of automatically operating screw having upon it a traveling nut 35 carry ing a pulley 36. This pulley may be swiveled to the traveling nut and is preferably grooved. Mounted upon the screw shaft 33 is a band wheel 37 and mounted upon the shaft 24 is a band wheel 38. Operatively connec'ting these band wheels for unitary motion is suitable endless connection, however, maybe used.

Passing through the pulley'36 and attached to the gate adjacent its free end is a rope '40. This rope extends through a pulley 41 anchored to any suitable object, as for instance to the tree stump designated 42. This rope 40 at its free end has attached thereto a ring 43. This ring is weighted at 44. The rope 25 passes through this ring 43 and has a stop ,45 applied thereto beyond the ring 43.

Attached to the shaft 24 as by pinning or otherwise is an arm 46, one extremity '47 of which overhangs the drum. Mounted upon this extremity of the arm is a brake band 48 extending down around the drum as illus- ,trated in Figure 4 and at its free end provided with a bolt 49 extending upward through the arm These parts constitute a clutch.

In the operation of this device, assuming that the parts are in the position shown in Figure 1 and that the drum 23 is revolving in a clockwise direction and winding up the cable 25, then as the loaded bucket reaches its discharge position, the rod 15 as before stated will act to tilt the bucket and discharge its contents. Water is being discharged through the chute 28 on the wheel 26 causing the rotation of the wheel in a dlrectlon to cause the winding up of the rope 25 upon the drum 23. As the bucket nears its discharge position and is overturned, the stop45 will strike the ring 43 and a further movement of the cable or rope 25 will cause a strain to be exerted upon the rope 40 which will shift the gate from a position closing the chute 29 to a position closing the chute 28 and permitting the water to pass through the chute 29 on to the chute 27; This will cause a reverse movement of the. shaft 24. The weight ofthe carriage and of the empty bucket will cause the carriage to move downward from itsdischarge position to its filling position.

The drum 23 reverses its rotationand the stop 45, of course, moves away from the ring 43. The reverse rotation of the shaft 34 will, of course, cause the reverse rotation of the screw so that the traveling nut 45 will travel to the other end of the screw carrying with it the pulley 36. When the rope 25 is run entirely off of the drum 43, the bucket'will be filled and a further rotation of the drum 43 in this direction will cause a rewinding of the cable 25 upon the drum 43 but reverselyto the manner in which it was previously wound." This will cause the pail to be again drawn from the water to its discharge position and emptied and cause the stop 45 to again engage the ring 43, exerting a pull upon the cord 40,

which, because the traveling nut 35' is now over toward the right in Figure 1 will cause a reverse movement of the gate 32 so that the water will now pass through the chute 29 and reverse the action of the shaft 24, thus again reversing the action of the pulley and permitting the carriage to move again downward by gravity to its filling position. The rope 25 will run entirely off the drum 23 and then a continued rotation of the drum in the same direction will again cause the winding up of the rope on the drum. n g

The drum is preferably loose upon the shaft 24 but held in operative engagement with the shaft 24 by the brake band 48, this band being attached to the arm 46 which is fast on the drum. The 'band must be tight enough at all times to cause the rotation of the drum with the shaft 24 except when the stop 45 engages the ring 43. At this time, the drum will slip within the band while the shaft is starting to reverse. When the shaft has fully reversed its motion, however, the

arm, the band and the drum will all rotate together.

WVe claim:

1. The combination with a bucket supporting carrier and an inclined trackway on which the carrier moves, of means for automatically shifting the carrier alternately in opposite directions including two reversely bladed water wheels mounted on a common shaft, a winding drum operatively engaged by the shaft for rotation therewith, a cable on the winding drum and connected to the carrier, and means controlled by the movement of the cable on the winding drum whereby to direct water alternately over one or the other of said drums.

2. The combination with a bucket supporting carrier and an inclined trackway on which the carrier moves, of means for automatically shifting the carrier alternately in opposite directions including two reversely bladed water wheels mounted on a. common shaft, a winding drum operatively engaged by the shaft for rotation therewith, a cable on the winding drum and connected to the carrier, and means controlled by the movement of the cable on the winding drum whereby to direct water alternately over one or the other of said drums, and including a gate shiftable to so direct the water, a screw extending transversely of the drums, a traveling nut mounted upon the screw and carrying a pulley, a rope connected to the gate and extending through said pulley, the rope pass ing through a second pulley and having a ring through which the cable passes, and a stop on said cable whereby when the cable is wound upon the drum to a predetermined extent, the stop will engage the ring to pull the rope and thereby shift the gate from one of its stream directing positions to the other.

3. The combination with a bucket supporting carrier, of an inclined trackway over which the carrier moves, of means for automatically shifting the carrier including two reversely bladed water wheels on a. common shaft, a winding drum on the shaft, a cable on the winding drum connected to the carrier, said cable being of such length that when the carrier has reached one of its extremes of movement, the cable will be entirely unwound from the drum, and means to alternately reverse the motion of the winding drum comprising a screw extending parallel to the water wheels, a traveler mounted on the screw and having a pulley, means driven by the water wheels for rotating the screw, a gate adapted when shifted in one direction to direct water on to one of said water wheels and when shifted in the other direction to direct water on to the other of said water wheels, a cord attached to the free end of said gate passing through the pulley on the traveler, a second pulley through which said cord passes, the cord having a ring'through which the first named cable passes, and the cable having a stop positioned so that when the cable is wound upon the drum to a degree sufficient to pull the carrier to the other extreme of its movement, the stop will engage the ring of the cord and pull said cord whereby to reverse the movement of'the gate.

4. The combination with a bucket supporting carrier, of an inclined trackway over which the carrier moves, of means for automatically shifting the carrier including two reversely bladed water wheels on a common shaft, a winding drum on the shaft, a cable on the winding drum connected to the carrier, said cable being of such length that when the carrier has reached one of its extremes of movement, the cable will be entirely unwound from the drum, and means to alternately reverse the motion of the winding drum comprising a screw extending parallel to the water wheels, a traveler mounted on the screw and having a pulley, means driven by the water wheels for rotating the screw, a gate adapted when shifted in one direction to direct water on to one of said water wheels and when shifted in the other direction to direct water on to the other of said water wheels, a cord attached to the free end of said gate passing through the pulley on the traveler, a second pulley through which said cord passes, the cord having a ring through which the first named cable passes, and the cable having a stop positioned so that when the cable is wound upon the drum to a degree sufiicient to pull the carrier to the other extreme of its movement, the stop will engage the ring of the cord and pull said cord whereby to reverse the movement of the gate, the drum being loose upon the shaft, and a friction clutch normally engaging the drum with the shaft to permit the drum to move inde pendent of the shaft at the time when the shaft is reversed.

5. The combination with a bucket supporting carrier, and an inclined trackway on which the carrier moves from one extreme position to the other, of means for automatically shifting the carrier including two reversely bladed water whee-ls, a chute for each water wheel, a chute emptying into the first named chutes, a gate hinged to the wall between the first named chutes and shiftable transversely thereof to direct the water on to one wheel or on to the other, the water wheels being mounted upon a common shaft, a drum shaft operatively connected to the shaft of the water wheels to be rotated thereby and carrying a drum thereon, a cable attached to said drum, and to the carrier, said cable when the carrier is in one of its extreme positions, being entirely payed off of the drum, a transversely extending screw disposed adjacent the path of movement of the free end of the gate and driven from said water Wheels, "a-tralvel er therecnhaving a pulley, a;

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cord attached to the free end of the gate and passing through said pulley, av'second pulley through; which the cord passes, the cord ha ing a ring through which said cable passes and a stop on the cable adapted when the carriageinears one of its terminal positlons to engage sald rlng to thereby exert strain upon-said cord and shift the gate from 1o;

one of its positions to the other. 7

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our SAM. L; ADAMS. DAN. B. ADAMS. 

